Bag-holder



(No Model.)

I. B. TRYON.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 440,078. v Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA B. TRYON, OF HEBRON, ILLINOIS.

BAG-HOLDER.

S'PECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 440,073, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed June 13, 1890. Serial No. 35 5,329- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that I, IRA B. TRYON, of Hebron, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bag-holders; and it consists in the combination of the hopper, two rods which pass through the lower opposite ends thereof, a suitable number of cams or eccentrics which move back and forth through slots in the lower ends of the hopper, springs for pressing the cams outward and keeping the slots closed, and curved rods attached to the lower outer ends of the hopper opposite the cams and against the inner sides of which the cams clamp and hold the bags, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a bag-holder which is adapted to be attached to a steam thrashing-machine or grist-mill and used in warehouses, and from which the bags can be detached by simply turning the handles of the clamping-rods.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a bagholder which embodies my invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

A represents the hopper, through the lower opposite ends of which extend the two operating-shafts B, each one of which has a bandle (J secured to one or both of its ends. Secured to each shaft B,inside of the hopper, is a suitable number of cams or eccentrics D, which move back and forth through slots or cuts in the lower edges of the hopper, and which have their outer ends to clamp the upper edges of the bags tightly against the bent rods or plates G,which are secured to the outer sides of the lower side walls of the hopper just opposite the cams. In order to keep these cams both pressed outward against the bent rods and to cause them to close the slots in the lower edges of the hopper, the springs I are applied to the shafts, as shown, and these cams being made spring-actuated it is only necessary to slip the corners of the bag up around the hopper, when the cams will move backward to allow the edges of the bag to be inserted into position. In order to release the bag, it is only necessary to partially turn the shafts by means of their handles, when the cams will be forced backward and the bags released without any further trouble on the part of the operator. The greater the pressure or downward pull upon the bags the more tightly the cams will hold them in position.

The bag-holder here shown and described is especially adapted for use in connection with steam thrashing-machines, owing to the ease and rapidity with which the bags can be applied to and released from the holder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, in a bag-holder, of the hopper, the shafts which extend through opposite lower end walls thereof, the cams secured thereto, and the bent rods or plates applied to the outer sides of the lower side walls of the hopper, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the hopper, the partially'revolving shafts which extend through its lower end walls, the handles secured to the shafts, the cams secured to the shafts and extending through slots in the bottom of the lower side walls of the hopper, the springs applied to the cams, and the bent rods or plates secured to the outer sides of the hop per, and against which the ends of the cams bear, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRA B. TRYON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. TRYON, O. FRED TRYON. 

